Sense 5rest -- (be at rest) Antonym of be active (Sense 1) => be active, move -- (be in a state of action; "she is always moving")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rest

11 senses of rest

Sense 1rest -- (not move; be in a resting position) => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer") Phrasal Verb-> rest on#1; rest on#2

Sense 4lie, rest -- (have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies") => be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?")

Sense 6stay, remain, rest -- (stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week") => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 8rest -- (put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder") => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 10pillow, rest -- (rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head") => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 11rest -- (be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer")

Antonyms of adj rested

1 sense of rested

Sense 1rested (vs. tired) -- (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation")

tired (vs. rested) -- (depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat") => all in (predicate), beat (predicate), bushed (predicate), dead (predicate) -- (very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip") => aweary, weary -- (physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic") => bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed -- (tired to the point of exhaustion) => bored, world-weary -- (tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air") => burned-out, burnt-out -- (exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30") => careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn -- (showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens) => drooping, flagging -- (weak from exhaustion) => exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out (prenominal), worn out (predicate) -- (drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out") => footsore -- (having sore or tired feet) => jaded, wearied -- (exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron) => knackered, drained -- (very tired) => ragged -- (worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged") => travel-worn -- (tired by travel) => unrefreshed, unrested -- (not rested or refreshed;) => whacked -- ((British informal) exhausted or worn out)